Take two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, half a pint of fresh cider, nutmeg, one teaspoonful of salaratua or volatile salts, and…
In every book I have read about the Civil War, the authors referred to the 'Rebel Yell' heard before battle and I have always…
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! Have you tried any of these when cooking? 1. Chewing gum while peeling onions helps to…
Good luck from Vicksburg by Shannon Hollon On New Year's Day me my wife and my parents ate lunch at Cracker Barrel, when our…
On July 4, 1850 at a hot July 4th celebration at the Washington Monument, President Zachary Taylor died five days later on July 9,…
Tod Robinson was a very early pioneer in Alabama. He arrived in Alabama even before it was a state with the father of noted…
This was published on July 26, 1923. We have come a long way in Women's Rights since then! July 26, 1923, The Advertiser, Moulton,…
Have you ever wondered how to make Ox Tail Soup? Here is an original recipe from an 1880's cookbook Two ox-tails, two slices of…
This biography is also in the book Biographies of Notable and Not-So-Notable: Alabama Pioneers (Volume 1) and SOME SOUTHERN STARR FAMILIES Compiled Genealogy Records,…
THE CAMP MEETING by By HON. E. A. POWELL (from FIFTY-FIVE YEARS IN WEST ALABAMA printed in the Tuscaloosa Gazette August 12, 1886) The…
Working for the telephone company after college by Clifford Dobyns My first job after college was with a telephone company whose home base was…
Strange Happenings in Genealogy Research by Patricia Westgate Sayko I had been searching for the parents of a man in my lineage and thought…
Excerpt from First Families of Lawrence County, Alabama Volume 1 JAMES GALLAGHER BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (ca. 1800- ca. 1843) Lawrence and Mobile County, Alabama…
On the headstone of a noted miser, is the following: Here lies old Father Gripe, who never cried Jamsatis T'would wake him did he…
From an 1881 newspaper: Father's Rules for Governing children: Cultivate a love of giving fair play. Everyone, of course, likes to receive fair play,…
MEXICAN WAR and ALABAMA MILITARY The war between Mexico and the United States, 1846-1848, brought on by a series of attacks on American citizens,…
Have you ever heard of the STAR CHAMBER? Read about how and why it drove many of our founders to America in the “page-turning”,…
These people must have been proud of their trades Epitaph to blind woodsawyer in Georgia: "While none ever saw him see thousands have seen…
When I travel around the state, many people share wonderful stories with me that I'd love to include on this website, but I simply…
It was evidently quite uncomfortable for women to be fashionably dressed according to this article from 1875. (Transcribed from The Athens Post – Athens,…
THOMAS DUNN BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY 1798-1838 Wilcox County, Alabama Thomas Dunn, a son of Benjamin and Susannah Dunn, was born in Georgia around 1798.…
FROM: THE PERFECT WOMAN 1903 by K. T. Boland “The majority of mankind believe animal food to be a necessary constituent of the diet. We…
From The Florence – Times Daily August 25, 1922 A CRIMINAL NATION It is not exactly agreeable to read, in a report submitted to…
Epitaph of a miser: Here lies one who for medicine would not give A little gold, and so his life he lost: I fancy…
Our ancestors had many hints for making household tasks easier in the 1920s. Household hints from the 1920s Brass that is badly discolored and…
Glazed Louisiana Yams 1 can yams 7 T. margarine 3 T. lemon juice 3 T. honey or 4 1/2 T. brown sugar 1/ 1/2…
Sometimes it is funny seeing life through the eyes of a child. A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination,…
Household tips for cleaning and painting from the past: If the inside of your linen closet is painted a deep blue, there will be…
PATRON - Sometimes the "Good old days" were not so safe as can be seen by the story from 1919 On February 20, 1919…
MEMORIES OF ENSLEY by Caroline I was born in Ensley, I believe on a corner of Prince Street. There were streets like 'Ave. I'--'G'…
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